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Honors Requirements

  • Academic Integrity: Doing your own work to the best of your ability is always the expectation of students at UNO. Students found guilty of violating academic integrity guidelines will be removed from the Honors Program.

  • Active in Program: Students are expected to undertake at least one Honors course/option each semester at UNO; students may sit out of Honors (not undertake any Honors work) for ONE semester without losing Honors priority registration privileges. Students must notify the Director IN WRITING if they are “sitting out” a semester; students should do so by the end of the first week of the semester in which they are "sitting out".

  • Colloquia: Students are strongly recommended to complete one colloquium in their first year and another in their sophomore year.

  • First Semester: All incoming first-year students are required to take an Honors-only course in their first semester at UNO in the Honors Program (general education course rather than colloquium).

  • Earned Grade: Courses in which students wish to earn Honors credit must be completed successfully with a grade of B or higher for Honors credit to be awarded.

  • Maximum Honors per semester: Students should not undertake more than 11 credits of Honors work in any one semester.

  • Portfolio: All Honors students must complete a portfolio of their efforts by the end of the fifth week of the semester in which they plan to graduate (separate guidelines are available on the Honors website).

  • Thesis/capstone/creative experience: All students are expected to meet this culminating academic expectation; separate guidelines are available here.